Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-29

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night, repeating her replies for the benefit Of
his companions.
| OUT OF 1886 names of women on the voting
lists in three wards OF Burlington, VT, en-
| titled to vote for school officers in the recent
| March election. only one woman awaited her-
self OF the privilege to vote. at this rate tne
country would be glad to know how long IL
will be before woman suffrage in Vermont Is
| to become an established fact.
IN British Columbia a white man carried q
keg of whisky to an Indian camp, hoping to
sell 1T at an advantage to the simple children
of the forest. But apparently they were pro-
hlbitiOn red men, Tor they bound the man,
forced fS him to sit on the keg three days ana
| three nights, and then sent him home, first
knocking in the heads of the keg and letting
the good liquor soak into the ground.
| THAT the practice OF using kerosene for
kindling fires is not confined to household
kitchens is shown, says correspondent, by
the case of soldier OF the Fourteenth In
fantry, who adopted IL in washrOOm stove
| at Vancouver barracks. The offense Is evil
IDENTIFY punished more severely in military
| than in domestic establishments, since the
| imprudent soldier who had thus disobeyed
orders was sent to prison for two years.
AS a railroad train rounded a curve near
Bristol, Conn, the other morning, tho engi-
neer saw a large black Newfoundland dog
standing by the side of the track. He waited
until the engine was within few yards of
| him and then deliberately stepped upon the
| track, and. trembling all over, with tail be-
| tween his legs, head turned away, waited for
| the death stroke from the pilot. The engineer
| says that If ever any one committed suicide
| that dog did.
JUDGING from the programme just pub
| lshed by the Berlin University of the lectures
| for the coming summer semester, that insti-
| tuition represents perfect Tower of Babel.
bn Ia fol hat
Latin. Greek, French, EngIsh, Italian, Span
| ish. Portuguese, Danish, Polish. Russian. Hun
garlan, Slovenian, Sanskrit, Syrian, Assyr-
ian, BabylOnIan, Semitic, AramRan. Arabic,
| Turkish. Ethiopian and Chinese. The new
! Oriental seminary about to be erected is
| likely TO add some more languages to the FORE
| going list.
! AN old Albanian, who discovered the
Birmingham ore away back before the war,
took some specimens of it to New York and
displayed them TO Peter Cooper. I'VE can
take that ore right off the ground" said the
Alabamian proudly. II don't believe it"
replied Mr.. Hewitt. the present Mayor, who
was standing by In the capacity OF Mr..
Cooper's son -in-law: why notr" asked the
| discoverer of ore. Because if you can" said
| MIR. Hewitt, who was younger and a little
palmer of speech then than now. "why the
| blazes don't you do ite There 10 money IN
| every ounce of it,"
| THE post Office In india is regarded as 80
| miraculous an agency by the more ignorant
natives that in some out-of-the- places
the very letter boxes are worshiped. In one
| case a man posted his letter in the hoy and
| shouted out its destination to inform the pre-
| siding spirit whom he supposed to be inside,
| Another native humbly took off his shoes as
| he approached the box, went through various
| devotlons before and after pos ting his letter.
and finally put some cOppers before the box
\ as prOpltatory Offering, retiring in the
same attitude of humility.
| If Mr.. Henry Lakes inform alton be indeed
! correct, the year 1887 will be known as that
OF the rediscovery of the lost violin yarnish.
and the mystery of "Cremonas" will be
| clearedup. Ole Bull would nave been most
! delighted by this discovery. He gave ! 5O0
acres of land on which Pittsburg now stands
| for Stainer CremOna, and for manv wears
| the chief interest of his life lay in working
with the well-known maker, Cotton. of New
YORK, TO reproduce the old varnish. Now
| somebody has found it by accident and the
| secret goes back to Chinese ingenuity and the
Jesuit fathers who brought it to the West.
| 1T is said that wrinkles are due to the grad
ual wearing away OF the flesh underneath the
skin because it has too little or the wrong
kind Of exercise. Wrinkles of the face usual-
ly take downward course, due to Washing
and wipng the face; therefore, wash and
| wipe upward. To fl / out cheeks that are
growing hollow this is recon mended: Take n
piece OF soft leather-kid or channels skin viii
then chew gently upon 1t for several minutes
taking care not TO raise the teeth from the
leather. This exercise, ii 10 claimed, wi re-
store TO youthful plumpness the most hollow
cheek.
THE story which was put into print in
" ashngton paper to the effect that President
Arthur received~lssistance from his Cabinet
officers in the signing of bills at the close OF
the sessions of Congress in order to yet the
work finished, is Indignantly denied by Oh. 9
4. Coon, who was Acting Secretary of the
Treasury when one OF the essions OF Cong
during President Arthur's administration
came to an end. Said MIR. Coon: II can re-
flute That story in the most positive manner
because was at President Arthur's side and
handed him tine bills as they were ready 10
receive his signature, and saw him afix ID to
every one."
AT dinner in Albany, N. Y, the other
day the Hon. Andrew $. Draper told this
story OF Lincoln: "Im mediately after the bat
tie Of Gettysburg Lincoln sat down and wrote
a peremptory order To Gen. Meade to inter-
cept Lee in his retreat, give him battle and
by this bold stroke crush the Confederate
army and end the war. The order was ac-
companied by friendly note, in which the
great patriot sad to Meade: The order in
close Is not one of record. II you succeed you
need not publish the order. n you fail, pub
llsh it,. Then If you succeed you will have all
the credit of the movement. IL not, I'll take
the responsibility
AN old Siamese teacher in trying to mas
ter English wrote a list Of definitions, from
which the following are selected: Wig: hypo-
critic hair. Flattery: good kind of curse
word. Whisky: sin water Gold a very good
thing. Blew: q wind verb. Kick: a foot
verb Bow: ealute verb. Hop: a frog verb
Liar: r bad adjective OF boy. Modesty: a
good adjective OF girl. Vine a string tree.
Cunning: "A good word OF philosophy m n.
Daughter: girl-son. Bullet son OF a gun
Sponge: water foam. Angel: Gods bow.
Large: an adjective of preacher. Preach: "A
missionary verb. Comfort: word OF mother
to CRYING child. Adulterate: a bad adjective
OF lying man. Admonitlon: word OF Bible.
ONE OF the latest of the Pail Mall Gazette,s
prize competitions calls for candidates for
Paradise, Purgatory and He'll. The popular
vote put Gordon at the head OF the first list,
with Mr.. Gladstone second. the late Lord
Shaftesbury third. Florence nightingale
70 nth, the Queen nth. aud the lac I,u' d
lddesegh sixth. Cardinal Newman and
Lord BeacOn-hcld were respectively twelfth
and thirteenth. Lord Randolph Churchill,
Mr. Chamberlain and MIR. Gladstone ran
about even for the 1rst place in Purgatory,
and were long way ahead OF all Others
The first on the list or the damned was pre-
ent member Of the House OF Commons, the
second present member of the House OF
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